New York City is populated by more than 58,000 illegal immigrants who have been or are facing criminal charges criminal prosecution.
“It is shocking that Democrats have gone to such lengths to harbor gang members, drug traffickers and other criminals who are in our country illegally,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told the New York Post.
The comments from Malliotakis, who represents parts of Staten Island and Brooklyn, come after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data obtained by the New York Post showed that 58,626 of 759,218 illegal immigrants who lived in New York City, had previously been convicted of a crime or had criminal charges pending, or 7.7% of the city’s illegal immigrant population.
Of the 58,626 criminal migrants, 1,153 are “suspected or known gang members,” the report said.
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Police officers take security measures as migrants line up outside the Roosevelt Hotel while waiting to be placed in a shelter, while asylum seekers camp outside the hotel after the Manhattan shelter reaches full capacity on August 2, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
“In many cases they have provided them with housing, food and health care. They must stop using New Yorkers’ hard-earned tax dollars to protect criminals wreaking havoc on our streets, and instead work with ICE to deport them,” Malliotakis said.
The national figures largely reflect those in New York City, The data shows that 662,586 – or 8.6% – of the 7.8 million illegal immigrants living in the United States currently have a criminal conviction or pending charges.
New York City will have a particularly difficult time fighting back against the migrant crisis, according to Kenneth Genalo, head of ICE’s New York City office, who told the New York Post that “it would take a lifetime to solve the city.” cleanse of the criminals we have’ if the policy did not change.
That frustration was shared by several members of the New York City Council, who blamed the crisis on the city’s laws.
Immigrants line up for re-intake at the East Village, converted into a city-run shelter for newly arrived migrant families, in New York City on December 4, 2023. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“These numbers make clear what everyone except our elected officials already knows: Sanctuary City’s laws endanger New Yorkers by protecting criminals instead of protecting law-abiding citizens,” Councilman Robert Holden, a Democrat from Queens, told reporters. to the New York Post when he showed the ICE data.
Meanwhile, Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli, a Staten Island Republican, said he is “shocked and appalled, but not surprised” by the ICE data.
New York Mayor Eric Adams recently called for relaxing the city’s sanctuary policy, the report said, citing the mayor’s calls to make it easier to extradite migrants “suspected” of “serious” crimes to federal authorities, although the mayor has also argued that he did not do so. enough support from the city council to change the rules.
Meanwhile, the mayor’s office pointed the finger at the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis as the reason for the city’s strife.
New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks to reporters after a press conference in New York City on Monday, September 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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“Mayor Adams has said repeatedly that while we will continue to respect the laws of our city, we must also have a serious conversation about the small number of individuals who repeatedly commit violent crimes in our city and the consequences they face,” said Kayla Mamelak, a police spokesperson. spokesperson for Adams, told the New York Post. “We must also correct this country’s unsuccessful border policies that led us to this place.”
